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Spatial variability in iron nutritional status of large diatoms in the Sea of Okhotsk with special reference to the Amur River discharge by Suzuki, K, Hattori-Saito, A, Sekiguchi, Y, Nishioka, J, Shigemitsu, M, Isada, T, Liu, H, McKay, R. M. L

“…The Sea of Okhotsk is known as one of the most biologically productive regions among the world's oceans, and its productivity is supported in part by the…”
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Responses of phytoplankton assemblages to iron availability and mixing water masses during the spring bloom in the Oyashio region, NW Pacific by Isada, T., Hattori-Saito, A., Saito, H., Kondo, Y., Nishioka, J., Kuma, K., Hattori, H., McKay, R. M. L., Suzuki, K.

“…Spring phytoplankton blooms play a major role in the carbon biogeochemical cycle of the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific, where the seasonal…”
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Ice cover extent drives phytoplankton and bacterial community structure in a large north-temperate lake: implications for a warming climate by Beall, B. F. N., Twiss, M. R., Smith, D. E., Oyserman, B. O., Rozmarynowycz, M. J., Binding, C. E., Bourbonniere, R. A., Bullerjahn, G. S., Palmer, M. E., Reavie, E. D., Waters, LCDR M. K., Woityra, LCDR W. C., McKay, R. M. L.

“…Summary Mid‐winter limnological surveys of Lake Erie captured extremes in ice extent ranging from expansive ice cover in 2010 and 2011 to nearly ice‐free…”
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Impact of phytoplankton on the biogeochemical cycling of iron in subantarctic waters southeast of New Zealand during FeCycle by McKay, R. M. L., Wilhelm, S. W., Hall, J., Hutchins, D. A., Al-Rshaidat, M. M. D., Mioni, C. E., Pickmere, S., Porta, D., Boyd, P. W.

“…During austral summer 2003, we tracked a patch of surface water infused with the tracer sulfur hexafluoride, but without addition of Fe, through subantarctic…”
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Large differences in potential denitrification and sediment microbial communities across the Laurentian great lakes by Small, Gaston E., Finlay, Jacques C., McKay, R. M. L., Rozmarynowycz, Mark J., Brovold, Sandra, Bullerjahn, George S., Spokas, Kurt, Sterner, Robert W.

“…Large lakes can efficiently remove reactive nitrogen (N) through denitrification, but nitrate levels in some large oligotrophic lakes are increasing,…”
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Compositional and fluorescence characteristics of the giant diatom Ethmodiscus along a 3000 km transect (28°N) in the central North Pacific gyre by Villareal, Tracy A., McKay, R.M.L., Al-Rshaidat, M.M.D., Boyanapalli, R., Sherrell, R.M.

“…The giant diatom Ethmodiscus was examined along an east–west transect at 28–30°N during 2002 and 2003 to determine if abundance, chemical composition or…”
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Physiological and Biochemical Response of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Two Marine Diatoms to Fe Stress by R. Michael L. Mc Kay, Geider, Richard J., LaRoche, Julie

“…Flavodoxin is a small electron-transfer protein capable of replacing ferredoxin during periods of Fe deficiency. When evaluating the suitability of flavodoxin…”
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Bioavailable iron in oligotrophic Lake Superior assessed using biological reporters by Mckay, R. M. L., Porta, David, Bullerjahn, George S., Al-Rshaidat, Mamoon M. D., Klimowicz, Jeffrey A., Sterner, Robert W., Smutka, Tanya M., Brown, Erik T., Sherrell, Robert M.

“…Iron bioavailability in Lake Superior was assessed during field surveys conducted in 2001–2002. Dissolved iron (Fed) ranged between 1 and 4 nM at offshore…”
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Diatom assemblages promote ice formation in large lakes by D'souza, N A, Kawarasaki, Y, Gantz, J D, Lee, R E, Beall, B F N, Shtarkman, Y M, Koçer, Z A, Rogers, S O, Wildschutte, H, Bullerjahn, G S, McKay, R M L

“…We present evidence for the directed formation of ice by planktonic communities dominated by filamentous diatoms sampled from the ice-covered Laurentian Great…”
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RuBisCo activase is present in the pyrenoid of green algae by McKay, M.L, Gibbs, S.P, Vaughn, K.C

“…RuBisCo activase catalyzes the activation and maintains the activated state of the photosynthetic enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase…”
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Immunological and molecular probes to detect phytoplankton responses to environmental stress in nature by LA ROCHE, J, MCKAY, R. M. L, BOYD, P

“…Recent advances in using immunological and nucleic acid probes to detect the effects of environmental stress on phytoplankton growth rate and yield are…”
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Nitrogen cycling in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie: oscillations between strong and weak export and implications for harmful algal blooms by Salk, Kateri R, Bullerjahn, George S, McKay, Robert Michael L, Chaffin, Justin D, Ostrom, Nathaniel E

“…Recent global water quality crises point to an urgent need for greater understanding of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) and their drivers…”
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Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010 by Twiss, M.R., McKay, R.M.L., Bourbonniere, R.A., Bullerjahn, G.S., Carrick, H.J., Smith, R.E.H., Winter, J.G., D'souza, N.A., Furey, P.C., Lashaway, A.R., Saxton, M.A., Wilhelm, S.W.

“…The limnology of offshore Lake Erie during periods of extensive (>70%) ice cover was examined from ship borne sampling efforts in 2007 to 2010, inclusive…”
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Adaptations to photoautotrophy associated with seasonal ice cover in a large lake revealed by metatranscriptome analysis of a winter diatom bloom by Edgar, R.E., Morris, P.F., Rozmarynowycz, M.J., D'souza, N.A., Moniruzzaman, M., Bourbonniere, R.A., Bullerjahn, G.S., Phuntumart, V., Wilhelm, S.W., McKay, R.M.L.

“…There is growing recognition that winter is an important season for growth of photoautotrophs in ice-covered freshwater environments. Exemplifying this are…”
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Role of iron, light, and silicate in controlling algal biomass in subantarctic waters SE of New Zealand by Boyd, Philip, LaRoche, Julie, Gall, Mark, Frew, Russell, McKay, R. Michael L.

“…Phytoplankton processes in subantarctic (SA) waters southeast of New Zealand were studied during austral autumn and spring 1997. Chlorophyll a (0.2–0.3 μg L−1)…”
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Flavodoxin as an in situ marker for iron stress in phytoplankton by Roche, Julie La, Boyd, Philip W, McKay, R. Michael L, Geider, Richard J

“…An experiment shows that flavodoxin, a biochemical marker of iron limitation, can be used to map the degree of iron stress in natural populations. This…”
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Corrigendum to “Compositional and fluorescence characteristics of the giant diatom Ethmodiscus along a 3000 km transect (28°N) in the central North Pacific gyre” by Villareal, Tracy A., McKay, R.M.L., Al-Rshaidat, M.M.D., Boyanapalli, R., Sherrell, R.M.

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Iron stress in the Pacific region of the Southern Ocean: evidence from enrichment bioassays by Timmermans, K. R., van Leeuwe, M. A., de Jong, J. T. M., McKay, R. M. L., Nolting, R. F., Witte, H. J., van Ooyen, J., Swagerman, M. J. W., Kloosterhuis, H., de Baar, H. J. W.

“…The effect of iron on phytoplankton physiology in a scarcely investigated part of the Pacific region of the Southern Ocean was studied during an expedition…”
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Role of iron, light, and silicate in controlling algal biomass in subantarctic waters SE of New Zealand by Boyd, Philip, LaRoche, Julie, Gall, Mark, Frew, Russell, McKay, R M L

“…Phytoplankton processes in subantarctic (SA) waters southeast of New Zealand were studied during austral autumn and spring 1997. Chlorophyll a (0.2-0.3…”
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Effect of dissolved inorganic carbon on the expression of carboxysomes, localization of Rubisco and the mode of inorganic carbon transport in cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus UTEX 625 by McKay, R.M.L, Gibbs, S.P, Espic, G.S

“…In the cyanobacterium Synechoccoccus UTEX 625, the extent of expression of carboxysomes appeared dependent on the level of inorganic carbon (CO2 + HCO3(-) in…”
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